The new suspicions concern four extremely serious narcotics offenses that are alleged to have been committed between 2020 and 2021 on international waters off Surinam and in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Portugal, according to the detention application.
He is suspected on probable cause, the higher degree of suspicion. The 52-year-old has been detained in Sweden since October, when he was extradited from Spain where he lives. The prosecutor has needed to request him detained again in order to be able to request a so-called extended surrender.
Denies the allegations
In order to prosecute him for other offenses that were committed before the actual surrender, one needs to have permission from the country that has surrendered the person, says senior prosecutor Lars Lindman.
According to his lawyer Tobias Enochson, Falk denies the new suspicions.
What Sweden now seems to be fighting for is that they very much want to take the cost of the trial, he says, and points out that none of the crimes have been committed in Sweden.
Lars Lindman says that they can prosecute Falk in Sweden because he is a Swedish citizen, but also because Sweden is far ahead in the work with encrypted services – which in this case is part of the evidence.
It may be that we have discovered crimes that other countries may not have gotten so far with, through the review of material and the like, says Lindman and adds that he has had a dialogue with the concerned countries.
Has been detained for several years
Falk, who has previously been convicted of, among other things, bank robbery, was identified in 2010 as the main person behind one of Sweden's largest narcotics cases ever. Falk was sentenced to 18 years in prison but was later acquitted in the court of appeal. For his long time in custody, 3.5 years, he was granted compensation of 3.6 million kronor.
The detention hearing is held on Friday.
